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| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation

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Australia's International Research Collaboration

22 June 2010

© Commonwealth of Australia 2010
ISBN 978-0-642-79376-8 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-79377-5 (HTML version)

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Preliminary Pages (PDF 287KB)

Foreword
Membership of the Committee
Committee Secretariat
Terms of reference
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations

 
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF 165KB)

Background to the inquiry
Structure of the report

 
Chapter 2 Benefits of collaboration (PDF 153KB)

Benefits

 
Chapter 3 Impediments to outbound researchers (PDF 192KB)

 Distance and culture
Lack of funding to establish or develop collaborations
Committee comment

 
Chapter 4 Impediments to incoming researchers - Additional costs for incoming researchers (PDF 253KB)

 Trends and benefits
Committee comment
Visas and immigration difficulties
Committee comment
Committee comment

 
Chapter 5 Access to domestic and bilateral research grants -  Early career researchers (PDF 363KB)

The ARC and NHMRC
Committee comment
Centres of Excellence
Committee comment
International Science Linkages program
Committee comment
Small grants programs
Committee comment
‘Blue-sky’ research
Committee comment
Spending Australian grant funds overseas
Committee comment
Bilateral funding schemes
Committee comment

 
Chapter 6 Access to overseas-based grant schemes (PDF 197KB)

US funding schemes
European funding schemes
Funding from overseas philanthropic organisations
Committee comment

 
Chapter 7 Strategies and Opportunities (PDF 241KB)

Research Support
Committee comment
Science counsellors
Committee comment
Technology
Committee comment
Joint agreements
A national approach
An overarching body
Support for applications to foreign funding bodies
Committee comment

 
Appendix A – List of Submissions (PDF 83KB)
 
Appendix B – List of Exhibits (PDF 105KB)
 
Appendix C – List of Public Hearings (PDF 138KB)

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